Galileo's ship thought experiment and relativity principles

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Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 54-56

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EID: 0031772231     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-9327(98)01110-7     Document Type: Article

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